Bucket.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLIFFORD H. 'GIBSON AND TOM CREEDE, CF COALNGA, CALIFORNIA.

BUCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. i 9, 1.912.

Application filed February 15, 1912. Serial No. 677,696.

Adescribed and claimed in our (eo-pending application, Serial No.677,697.

The principal object of our invention is to. provide a bucket forprospecto-rs use, the construction and arrangement of the parts beingsuch that a substantial article is produced at a low cost and one thatis not easily deranged, thereby providing for continued and etlicientuse in places where very eX- tensive repairs are not possible.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings the preferred form of the deviceis set forth.

The bucket proper is made up of a vessel l having aplurality of openings2 therein and at different points thereof, the openings being preferablycircular and being spaced a suitable distance apart, the arrangementbeing very much in the nature of a sieve. Adjacent the top of the vesselare a series of similar equidistant openings 3 through which suitablefastening devices, such as chains or cords d, may be passed.

As a means of supporting the bucket in position for use we employ aholder 5 havmg its central intermediate portion removedA whereby aclosed circular formation is provided, there being a number of openingsl(i spaced around 'the holder and preferably at the saine distance apartas are' the openings at the top of the vessel l, these openings in theholder being'adaptcd to receive the beforementioned chains or fasteningdevices si. The forward end of the' .holder is preferablyr pointed, asat 7, or

brought to a rather sharpened edge so that when the bucket is runthrough the sand or gravel it will be sufficiently broken up anddisintegrated and may be easily collected by the bucket. The oppositeend of the holder 5 is provided with a suitable shank 8, preti erablyhollow, into which a handle 9 or' any desired length is inserted wherebythe bucket may be manipulated; the handle may be secured in the shank in.any desirable way but preferably by means of a transversely extendingpin l() engaging each of the parts. Extending longitudinally of theholder 5 and preferably along a central line thereof and suitably spacedabove the main portion of the holder is a bar l1 having an intermediateportion l2 of reduced diameter about which a ring or equivalent device13 passes, the ring being in engagement withonc end of the rope, cableor chain 14.

Our device intended primarily for use in gold dredging and particularlywith the dredger described and claimed in our copending applicationSerial No. 677,697.

The bucket is designed to be run along the gravel beds or sandy bottomsof streams with the pointed or sharpened end 7 fore.- niost, the actualmovement of the bucket being4 provided through suitable means onwhich-the cable-or chain or rope 14 is wound, the guiding of the bucketbeing attended to by an operator through the medium of the handle 9. l

Of course the material of which the bucket is made is not of primeimportance nor is the capacity thereof, such features being matters ofdesign and depending upon the final cost of the outfit .and the locality'in which it is to be used.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-:

l. A device of the class described comprising a perfo ated vessel,a'holder supporting the vessel, a handle on the holder whereby it may beguided, together with a longitudinally extending bar adapted for engagement with a power-actuated element where-y by the device may be drawnthrough the soil.

device of the class described co1nprising a perforated vessel, a holderhaving a handle thereon, means engaging the, vessel and thc holderwhereby the parts are held tege-the; an extending forward end on theholder adapted to engage the soil., together with a longitudinallyextending bar on the holder having a reduced intermediate portionadapted to engage a ring whereby, when a suitable power-actuated elementis `secured to the ring, the device may be drawn through the soil. l

3, A device of the character described, comprising a perforated vessel,a holder having a point-ed forward end1 together with devices engagingeach of the parts whereby the vessel is niovably suepended below and'troni the holder.

fl.. A device of the Claes deSei-ibed, coniprising a` perforated vessel,a holder having a shank thereon adaptedto engage ay handle, the shapeoit the holder being lsubstantially similar to the periphery of the topof the vesael. together with a pluralit)Y ot taatening devieeaI engagingthe vessel and the holder freontour ot the top ot the veriseli theforward end o'tl the holder extending' bevond the vesnel, a nhanl ou theholder adapted to reeeive a handle7 a number ol opeuingg'nl around thevtop of the vessel, a niunber of Similar openings in the holdentogetlier with laat'ent ing devieesl engaging in they openings wherebythe ve l is Suspended below the holder.

G. The combination ott' a vessel having a `number olf pei'loratiionstherein. a series of openings arouncfl the `veaael and adjacent the top,holder having` a number of spaced openings therein, a plurality of:fastening dovieesv engaging' the openings in the holder with theopeninga adjaeent the top of the veaselI` a shank earried by the holderfor engageiuent with the handle` the holder being also provided with a`long fitiulinallyv extending' bar having` its yinteruzediate portionol.l redueed diameter, a ring' euibrruine' the bar at the redit-eedportion` the ruinr being' adapt ed for engvureinent with a eable,\vhereb \r the vessel and holder nia) be drawn through the soil, powerbeing applied through the 'able and the `guiding' beine' :n'eonililishedb v means ot' the l andle.

lin teetiniony \\'hereot we have Aaigneil our naines to thinspeeitieation in the preaenre oit two subscribing' witnesses.

